we had the casinos in the state of ohio -- the state of ohio does not get its fair share. the state of ohio ought to regulate these operations. if we move forward, it has to be done in a comprehensive, well thought out way that fundamentally protect the culture of our state. i know that the people of ohio are mixed in their feelings on that. so i am. this is an issue was spent some time thinking about and if we decide to move forward, we would design a program that will protect our families and also provide the resources for the state of ohio. but i have not yet made a determination. >> governor? >> the people voted to establish casinos in cleveland, columbus, cincinnati, and toledo. that was the will of the people. that is not something i supported. the people have spoken. our responsibility right now is to make sure that gambling is instituted in a way that protects the local communities. people of high integrity must be chosen to oversee the operations. we must make sure that crime and other elements that sometime are associated with gambling activity are prevented from

legislation -- sending that legislation back to congress to iron out some of thosunintended consequces. >> we're joined by ohio secretary of stateennifer brunner. ohio followed -- filed a lawsuit accusing allied financial and its gmac mortgage division of fraud in approving scores of foreclosures. it is the first suit of its kind in widening foreclosure scandal. secretary of state jennifer brunner, welcome to "democracy now!" lay out this lawsuit, unprecedented. >> good morning. this lawsuit was filed by the attorney general of the state of ohio. if you go back into the timeline, september 22, gmac, owned division of allied, of which the federal government owns about 56%, indicated as a result of some litigation i believe in michigan that it would not be proceeding on its foreclosures in 23 states where you must go to court in order to foreclose on someone's home. on the monday after that, the 27 of september, the senate-passed bill 380 a, a house bill that have been passed in the hse with the suspeionf house rules and literally was taken from the judiciary committee, brought to the floor and voted by unanimous consent and passe

you won't believe what we found out about a republican running for congress in the state of ohio. it's all coming up tonight. but this, of course, is the story that has me fired up tonight and it's not a good story. the bigoted homophobic republican party is wearing its ugly head like never before. republican new york gubernatorial candidate karl paladino thinks your kids are going to be brainwashed by a gay agenda. here are his prepared, prepared remarks to a group of hadissic jews, jewish leaders in brooklyn. >> i just think my children and your children will be much better off and much more successful getting married and

we had the casinos in the state of ohio -- the state of ohio does not get its fair share. the state of ohio ought to regulate these operations. if we move forward, it has to be done in a comprehensive, well thought out way that fundamentally protect the culture of our state. i know that the people of ohio are mixed in their feelings on that. so i am. this is an issue was spent some time thinking about and if we decide to move forward, we would design a program that will protect our families and also provide the resources for the state of ohio. but i have not yet made a determination. >> governor? >> the people voted to establish casinos in cleveland, columbus, cincinnati, and toledo. that was the will of the people. that is not something i supported. the people have spoken. our responsibility right now is to make sure that gambling is instituted in a way that protects the local communities. people of high integrity must be chosen to oversee the operations. we must make sure that crime and other elements that sometime are associated with gambling activity are prevented from

of your job. ohio secretary of state, and colorado secretary of state. thanks to both of you for being on c-span's "newsmakers" today. >> thank you. >> we appreciate it. >> let me turn to our two guests in studio in washington. jessica of politico. reed of hot line, also knee deep with all your staff in this year's election. we heard two confident secretaries of state, but what they also seem to be pretty confident of is that there are going to be court challenges going forward? is this the way of the world for elections in the united states from where our society is is? >> i think minnesota gave us a new standard, and both parties have been preparing definitely for this. we've seen fund raising appeals come out from both sides saying we have to be ready to go on november 3rd. and it's almost inevitably going to be either the house race, several senate races so dedloked in the polls. so it's not going to surprise journalists. but i think what you did see from both of them is that people want to minimize the time and the length. they don't want the electi

we have casinos in the state of ohio doesn't get its fair share. of ohio out to get its fair share and if we move forward and i stress if we move forward, it has to be done in a comprehensive way that is fundamentally protecting the culture of our great state. our citizens are having mixed feelings and we will spend some time thinking about and if we decide to move forward to design a program that will protect our families and also provide the resources to the state of ohio. but i have not made a determination. >> expansion of gambling, where do you draw the line? >> the people voted to establish casinos. that was the will of the people. it is not something i supported, but the people have spoken and so our responsibility right now is to make sure that as gambling is instituted, it is done in a way that protects the local communities where people of high integrity are chosen to oversee the operations and make sure that crime and other sorted elements that sometimes are associated with gambling activity are prevented from coming to our cities. the fa

what unemployed voters in the bellwether state of ohio are saying about the economy, the president, and direction of the country. >> couric: this is the year of >> couric: this is the year of the dissatisfied voter, unhappy with the way incumbents are doing their jobs and not crazy about the candidates running to replace them. in fact, in our cbs news poll, more than half of likely voters told us they wished there were other choices on the ballot. so why are voters so dissatisfied, even angry this year? we went to ohio, a state that often reflects the mood of the nation, to ask them and listen for our new series: "american voices." ♪ this land is your land this land is my land ♪ . >> couric: two days before his election, barack obama delivered a message of hope to the working families of cleveland. >> we are two days away from bringing change to america. >> couric: today, the streets tell the story. the signs are all around-- hope is fading, frustration is growing. everyone is saying these upcoming midterm elections are about anger. are you angry? >> i don't know if angry is the right w

one of these candidates will be elected 26 days from now to lead this state for the next four years. they have to come minutes to reach out to the voters of ohio to tell you why they are the person that should lead this state. the order was approved earlier. governor strickland, two minutes for your summary statement. >> i want to thank the people of this great state for giving me the privilege of serving in the governor's office for the last four years and, before that, in the congress. before went to congress, i went to a senior citizens' center in pike county. i bought a plaque that had a saying from the hebrew scriptures and the book of mica h. "and then what is required of us? but to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with thy god." i took that with me to the governor's office. i think those admonitions laid out how someone in public office should try to live out their life. to do justice -- to try to do the right thing. to love kindness -- to care about other people. and to walk calmly, knowing that none of us get through this life on our own. we are all interdependent and we all need each other. that is the spirit i have tried t

we ship more stuff out of ohio than any other state. there are 12,000 businesses that depend on exports. that is about one in 13 jobs in the state. international trade is very critical. one of the things we need to do is address our tax situation. we had the highest corporate taxes in the world now. it said the last 13 years the corporate tax rate has gone down among the top 30 industrialized nations in the world. our manufacturers are at a disadvantage. we need to address that and fix that. why would anybody want to come here and build a plant went right out of the box they are at a huge disadvantage because of taxes? one company built a plant in china. they were highly criticized for it. someone said it must be cheap labor. it was not be cheap labor. it was a very highly automated plant. the difference between a plant here and that plant in china was taxes. it was $100 million a year to the bottom line. that is probably the one biggest thing we could do to stimulate business growth in this country is get our business tax and our person

can you give us a sense of what you see as the problem on the foreclosure side right now in your own state? >> hi, dylan. i'm the secretary of state of ohioe the notaries in my state who notarize documents for instance for some of the home finance companies, the banks that are processing these foreclosure documents. what we're seeing is for instance, eight notaries notarizing 18,000 documents a month. and hearing stories that the notaries filling in information to the document. handing it to the signer. who is actually named as an officer of multiple banks and signing multiple documents to create a chain of title or a list of owners and then the notary handing it back to the signer. the signer signing it and the notary notarizing it. i don't have the authority to actually revoke these notaries or to prosecute. so i send it to the justice department in august to have them take a look at it. >> and have you heard back from them? >> i've been in some contact. and out of respect for the justice department, i've said that i finally called in late september and said, am i allowed to say anything about the fact that i've referred it to you? and

of ohio. and their father, the next governor of the state of ohio, john kasich.win. [applause] mary taylor gave up a nice soft little spot to run for lieutenant governor 16 years as a cpa. all the years in politics, nobody push her around and nobody is going to push us around when we when on november 2nd. [applause] i was in minnesota when temperspawlenty was coming down that final leg to his election battle. minnesota, home of hubert humphrey. he said we will not raise taxes, we will lag government more efficient and effective. he has been -- we will make government more efficient and effective. he has courage and principles. thank you, governor. [applause] there is so much you can say about haley barbour. chairman of the republican national committee when we threw the liberals out after 40 years. he goes to his beloved mississippi and gets hit by katrina. mississippi is greater today than before that storm hit. he was the strongest captain in the middle of that storm that anybody in america. [applause] as tough as it could be, he gave them hope from one end of

speech, let it in, but never mind us in washington or us consultants that somebody living in the state of ohiostate of texas or state of california doesn't know who's trying to influence their vote. >> this is irresponsible the charges that are made. i'm not against disclosure. disclosure law is not in existence today. to charge the chamber of commerce, neighborhood businesses, community businesses, national businesses that take in $100,000 in contributions from foreign governments -- or foreign companies and a $200 billion program and has not put a single penny into any campaign and to be accused by the president of the united states and vice president of the united states when they know there's no evidence there is outrageous. it would be me like saying when obama outspent john mccain by 3-1 last time he had mexican drug money in there. i can't prove it, but i throw the charge out there. they're not factual. >> i want you to answer what ed just said. i want you to listen to karl rove, one of the people who has associated with some outside groups. he says he's not involved on a day-to-day bas

we ship more stuff out of ohio than any other state. there are 12,000 businesses that depend on exports. that is about one in 13 jobs in the state. international trade is very critical. one of the things we need to do is address our tax situation. we had the highest corporate taxes in the world now. it said the last 13 years the corporate tax rate has gone down among the top 30 industrialized nations in the world. our manufacturers are at a disadvantage. we need to address that and fix that. why would anybody want to come here and build a plant went right out of the box they are at a huge disadvantage because of taxes? one company built a plant in china. they were highly criticized for it. someone said it must be cheap labor. it was not be cheap labor. it was a very highly automated plant. the difference between a plant here and that plant in china was taxes. it was $100 million a year to the bottom line. that is probably the one biggest thing we could do to stimulate business growth in this country is get our business tax and our person

stealing if you go if you get because you have no other are supposed to pay for those services in the state of ohio if you want to work for u.p.s. you are forced to join a union so that's your only i guess because the union bargain for you you cannot pay your cable bill do you watch cable not pay your cable bill every unit bargain you've got to pay for it tell me which nonprofit which private business sector would do work for somebody and not ask the person to pick you don't have to be a member of the union but you do have to pay for union members representing you and i we have to wrap it up because we are unfortunately out of time but it does sound like maybe the leadership really is the problem here and you say your anti-union leadership sounds like we should have an anti leadership because they all are stealing from us thank you so much for being here are we've got one more segment ahead on tonight's show are fireside fridays coming up and then comedian smith is here for some fun we've got some over the top political ads and the latest a racist billboard president obama back in a moment. every m

both would be open violations of fair election laws in the state of ohio. >> these are 18-year-olds ands, that someone had loaned, and, they were given old democratic sample ballots on the ride, to examine on the way over? >> absolutely. and, you might dismiss this as clumsy execution of a civic opportunity. but, this is a recurring pattern with cps. they, flight, are operating under the court structured agreement with other parties about what they can and cannot do on school property and with student and so, given the past occurrence of campaign irregularities, this is just another disturbing incident in a pattern of the irregularities, and, problems. >> ken, are you a graduate of hughes high school. >> graduate of hughes high school, my wife was a former principal of hughes high school. >> what is cps? >> cps is cincinnati public schools. >> and the public schools have made a statement, this is what they said with regard to the allegations that have been made in the lawsuit. no cps personnel engaged in the promotion of candidates or any political party and i question i have for you, t

one of these candidates will be elected 26 days from now to lead this state for the next four years. they have to come minutes to -- two minutes to reach out to the voters of ohio tell you why they are the person that should lead this state. the order was approved earlier. governor strickland, two minutes for your summary statement. >> i want to thank the people of this great state for giving me the privilege of serving in the governor's office for the last four years and, before that, in the congress. before went to congress, i went to a senior citizens' center in pike county. i bought a plaque that had a saying from the hebrew scriptures and the book of micah. "and then what is required of us? but to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with thy god." i took that with me to the governor's office. i think those admonitions laid out how someone in public office should try to live out their life. to do justice -- to try to do the right thing. to love kindness -- to care about other people. and to walk calmly, knowing that -- walk humbly, knowing that none of us get through this life on our own. we are all interdependent and we all need each other. that is

it's higher than that in the state of ohio, and democrats are trying to hang on. >> ohio is facing ahere? we saw a poll yesterday showing most voters will not be swayed, at least by the president's support of a candidate. >> well, the question, tamron, is whether or not he can sway democratic partisans to come out and vote. the challenge is in 2008 you had this surge of young people, minorities, who swept to the polls, gave the president victories in some states the democrats weren't used to winning and some districts where mary joy kilroy barely won over the republican, stivers. this year her challenge is getting people out to the polls. so she's delighted the president is coming back. and persuasion isn't what it's about this year. both sides are dug in. republicans are fired up, and the question is can democrats get fired up at least to approach the enthusiasm that republicans have. >> all right, cnbc's chief washington correspondent john harwood live for us in washington. >>> we turn to the female vote. among the biggest challenge is turning out the numbers of women who helped el

of halloween there and a tough congressional district in northeastern ohio. david a what dow take away from that. and what does that say about the rest of the state of ohio and the rest of the midwest? >> my first impression is all the people at the end who said they were not sure who they would vote for, they are probably not going to vote. the people are energized decided who they are going to vote. ohio has been in this situation a couple decades. industrial midwest is loss these jobs and what is interesting politically is it shifted dramatically, ohio has, from brown, one of the more liberal members of the senate. now on the senate side they will probably vote for rob portman and portman is a pet project of mine because people focus on christine o'donnell so much and some of the backier republican nominees, port nunn is a very responsible, very serious person who is running for the senate. doesn't say any stupid things about witchcraft. and ease's got a huge lead, like a 15, 20 point lead. and what's particularly interesting about that especially concerning the joblessness there is portman is an ardent free trader. and the senator from oy is

bring out, first, the next first lady and the first children of ohio, karen, emma and reese, and their father, the next governor of the state of ohio, john casik. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> i think you're ready to win. i think you're ready to win. mary taylor gave up a nice soft little spot to run for lieutenant governor 16 years as a cpa, all the years in politics. nobody pushed her around and nobody is going to push us around when we win on the november 2nd. mary taylor. [applause] i was in minnesota when tim came down to that final leg. minnesota, home of hue better humphrey. ok? i mean, tim said we will not raise taxes, we will make government more efficient and more effective. he has been one of the most effective governors in the united states of america and he has got courage and principle. thank you. governor paul entive. -- pawlenty. there's so much you can say about haily. chairman of the republican national committee when we threw the liberals out after they were in charge for 40 years. ok? key architects of that. goes to his beloved mississippi, gets hit by katrina. mississippi is greater today than before that storm hit

you won't believe what we found out about a republican running for congress in the state of ohio. it's all coming up tonight. but this, of course, is the story that has me fired up tonight and it's not a good story. the bigoted homophobic republican party is wearing its ugly head like never before. republican new york gubernatorial candidate karl paladino thinks your kids are going to be brainwashed by a gay agenda. here are his prepared, prepared remarks to a group of hadissic jews, jewish leaders in brooklyn. >> i just think my children and your children will be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family and i don't want them to be brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option. it isn't. >> better off, successful, who's the judge of that, mr. paladino? paladino thinks that god made everybody straight and kids get brainwashed into homosexuality. paladino continued to psycho talk this morning on the "today" show. this is how he described what he saw at a gay pride parade. >> young children should not be expo

ohio. this wonderful state we love, this state that is a microcosm of america. you were to shrink america, it would end up with ohio. [cheering] and in ohio, what do we want? let me make a suggestion. we want health care for our people. we want jobs for our working families. we want a quality education for our children. we want affordable college for our young people. in ohio, we are grateful to the president and vice-president and center sherrod brown and our democratic friends in the house of representatives who saved the american auto industry, saving thousands of jobs in ohio. we are grateful for resources that came to us so that we could hold down the cost of college tuition. we are grateful for resources we got so we could educate our kids in quality schools. this is what has happened in ohio during this difficult recession. we have invested in education and we have competed and won $400 million in race to the top funds. we have competed for and won four hundred million dollars to establish passenger rail service linking cleveland, columbus, dayton, and ci

. >> first of all, let's talk about your state of ohio.as everybody knows. and ohio, california, new york, always had the most fascinating politics. ohio is such a bellwether. what's going out there? they have to hold the governor's chair out there with strickland. they've got to at least make a fight for the senate seat the other senate seat. it's really gang busters for the white house, isn't it? , ohio? >> so much money in ohio this year. the chamber of commerce just in the last three weeks has spent well over half a million dollars for ads for house republican house members. i believe close to a million for their senate candidate who already a ton of money because he used to work for president bush and has the bush rolodex campaign file for contributors. you look at the money that kasich spent against strickland who's been a good governor and now slightly -- even in the polls but has momentum and so the president knows that 2010 matters, just substantively, and really but also matters for 2012 for the president if the president wins oh

example, i was in columbus, ohio, mary jo killroy, barely won in 2008 as obama was carrying the state of ohioshe's behind her republican opponent. the democratic party postponed by three weeks the ads that they had planned to start for her. that cuts in 500,000 dollars they planned to move down and moving that money to other races where they have a better chance. john spratt in south carolina, chairman of the budget committee in a tough race. he's got probably a better chance to win thank killroy so they accelerated spratt's advertising. >> congressman, i want insider information. so right now, since you're been there before, take us inside the war room. how are these decisions being made? >> you have to be pretty cold-blooded and you have to do exactly as john has suggested. what i advise candidates don't spend all your money on television, save money for get out the vote. a lot of these races are going to be very close. when we lost the us 1994 we lost a number of races by 500 votes, a thousand, turn out your voters. >> we'll be back. more politics to talk about. but busy news day, includin

and hello to all my friends back in cleveland, in my home state of ohio. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. >> we're going to continue to watch this. you see that the fourth miner is being brought up. we've been talking about carlos mamani who had only been a miner there for five days when this collapse happened. so that country holding its breath as well as chile, which has adopted him. i want to go over to thomas roberts who's been monitoring events from chile all night who is here in the studio. what are you finding out, thomas? >> chris, this is great news that we have the fourth successful miner who's reached the surface, emerging after the 15 to 20-minute ride. we can see the family there of the young man starting to celebrate there, holding bolivian flags in their hands. we've been able to really get an update about what the chilean flag is, as the men have had the chilean flag with them down below with them this whole time. the first thing they asked for. the excitement of the wife and family there of this young man. i think you wer

you heard ted describe his track record here in the state of ohio. massively expanding access to education. seeing job growth, month after month. building infrastructure to put people back to work. that is ted's record and that is lee's record. so at the federal level and the state level, we have been working hard, but we understand we have a long way to go. we have a lot of work to do. i know there are a lot of people out there who are still hurting. i know there are families, some of them still hanging by a thread. it takes me up at night. keep joe up at night. it keeps tech up at night. that is what we are -- it keeps ted of that night. the way to fix it is not to go back to what got us here. it is to move forward with the policies that are getting us out. 10 at anne lee -- tied and lee and joe and i have a different idea about what the next two years should look like. we did not come from wealth. we did not come from fame. but our families understood, in america, if you work hard, if you are responsible, if you do the right thing, you have a chan

what do you think about this congressional knlt from my beloved state of ohio? >> i feel so sorry for you, chris, that someone like that is running for office in your home state. i don't have a problem people going to whatever camps and reenacting whatever battles on the weekend, but if you're going to run, if you're going to run for public office, i think, you know, these pictures pop up. i don't think you should automatically think that i think you have the judgment to actually sit in congress and have some sort of control over lots of people's lives and how they live. this guy, in his explanations, are so, i'm speechless. i don't know what to say. >> let me read a little bit more on how impressed he was with the military tactics. he says "they took over most of europe and rusha and it really took the combined effort of the free world to defeat them. from a purely historical military point of view, you know, the wiping out of the race and the murder, that was the ultimate goal. so, he didn't quite go to that point. but what is does this mean in the overall pic

of states. yesterday, friday in delaware, saturday massachusetts, today ohio. the rest of the week he's got five or six more states, all of which are obama states, by the way. he's only going to states where he won in 2008, in october, and that shows you he is trying to rally the base and not trying to expand his rch at this point, not bothering to go to places in the south or mountain west where he hasn't been as successful over time. host: i called this a lengthy piece. it's an interesting piece. how many words? guest: very quick 8,000 word reading. host: elly is joining us from new york. independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead, please. caller: yes. i'm very interested in the article. i haven't gotten to read it yet. but my comment is to peter. how many other political figures have you interviewed over the past few years? have you ever super viewed another president? education of a president? there have ever been any oth presidents that you did this kind of an article on? guest: thank you for the question. this is my third presiden

boehner spoke today in his native state of ohio.s was billed as a major address with national implications. john boehner, you're about to see, fired up. >> your government has not been listening. your government is disrespecting you, your family, your job, your children. your government is out of corol. do you have to accept it? do you have to take it? hell no, you don't! >> whoo, here is one of the reasons boehner is so fired up. going into the midterm elections, look at these numbers with me. likely voters clearly favor boehner's republicans over the ruling democrats. and this poll of likely voters, by the way, this is fresh. this is just out today. 52 % favor republicans running for congress to 45% who favor a democrat. jessica yellin is in washington. jessica, is the path clear for boehner and the republicans to take control of the house? >> reporter: well, nothing is a forgone conclusion. and you have to acknowledge that it is hard to win 40 seats and lose none. that is what the republicans have to do to win. but that said, cle

that would cost 17,000 more jobs in the state of ohio. tax increases he is talking about -- we have already lost 400,000 jobs. we do not need to lose another 17,000. >> mr. portman, you have been critical of the capt. trade energy bill in the house. what would you do to reduce u.s. dependence for an oil? >> is an exciting opportunity for ohio to take energy and converted to jobs. the cap and trade at what cost 100,000 jobs in ohio. that is a study by the american manufacturers. the alternative is developing nuclear power here in ohio, natural gas -- there is natural gas revenues ohio -- if we move forward with clean coal technology, with green technology, not just hydro, but also solar and wind, we can use some of the manufacturing capacity in ohio and create thousands and thousands of jobs. nuclear power, for example, there are several factors i have visited that make things for nuclear power. it is an opportunity for us to use the best work force in the world, which is ohio workers, and to take all that manufacturing capacity that we can

that would cost 17,000 more jobs in the state of ohio. the tax increases he is talking about -- we have already lost 400,000 jobs. we do not need to lose another 17,000. >> mr. portman, you have been critical of the capt. trade energy bill in the house. what would you do to reduce u.s. dependence for an oil? >> is an exciting opportunity for ohio to take energy and converted to jobs. the cap and trade at what cost 100,000 jobs in ohio. that is a study by the american manufacturers. the alternative is developing nuclear power here in ohio, natural gas -- there is natural gas revenues ohio -- if we move forward with clean coal technology, with green technology, not just hydro, but also solar and wind, we can use some of the manufacturing capacity in ohio and create thousands and thousands of jobs. nuclear power, for example, there are several factors i have visited that make things for nuclear power. it is an opportunity for us to use the best work force in the world, which is ohio workers, and to take all that manufacturing capacity that we

of joe manchin. martha: a quick look before we go at ohio, obviously, you know, one of the pivotal states in any presidential election, ohio voters, at this point in the game, that is the ohio senate race we wanted to look at how president obama is faring there and i believe about 38% said they would vote for president obama and 53%, i think, are you familiar, there it is now, say they would vote for any republican over president obama, in the state of ohio. >> you'll note, martha, those numbers, the one on the race itself, shows rob portman, the republican candidate, ahead by virtually the same margin as the unnamed republican, is ahead of obama, for re-election. so that gives you a sense that these things are matched up. my sense about that is that that race is one i don't think the democrats think they have a real chance of coming back in. martha: you'll be the man over the next 28 days and we'll be watching it with you, brit, always good to see you, thank you very much, sir. >> thank you, martha. bill: a "fox news alert," now, the admitted times square bomber set to hear his fated, the one who tried to c

of ohio department of development. when ohio lost nearly 400,000 jobs and the unemployment rate climbed, why should voters in this economy send you to the united states senate. >> in the middle of a national economic storm that has affected every single state in the country, whether republican or democratic governor or lieutenant governor, states have two choices. they can go down to the basement and pray for a better day. or they can do what the governor and i have done. the list goes on and on. we have worked to save jobs, one job at a time. if you are unemployed, and there are too many people unemployed, the unemployment rate is 100%. i know that. it is not a state recession. it is a national recession. only once did in this country has received recognition for bringing in the most new jobs, not once, not twice, but three times in the 2007, 2008, and 2009, and that is ohio. does that mean everything is good? of course not, but it means we are working harder than other states. we are going down that field in a cloud of dust and we are not giving up. you want people leading you who, when the wind is in their face, they don't go up and down the sidel

the state of ohio should be of particular concern to the white house, president coming in the at 33%.pretty astonishing number. that that and just -- jenna: and just tell our viewers why ohio's so important. >> well, it's not only the state that democrats always must win in order to win the presidency, but it's a great bellwether for the rest of the country when we look at what counts and what matters. we look for voter trends in certain counties and districts in the ohio. other states like missouri come into play, too, but you can be guaranteed on election night on the decision desk we're going to be drilling down on precincts and counties in ohio because it tells us a lot about the way the rest of the country's going to behave. jenna: all right. let's talk about one of the more colorful races, linda mcmahon existence richard ard -- against richard blumenthal. here's one of the ads that came out from the mcma hon example. >> how do you create a jobsome. >> a job is created, and it can be in a variety of ways by a variety of people, but principally by people and businesses in response

the battleground state of ohio is considered crucial for democrats. ted it more than any other state. as carl cameron reports from eastern ohio many of the president's democratic colleagues are shifting positions in order to survive. >> reporter: if it is true that as goes ohio so goes the nation, democrats have reason to worry. coffee campaigning with a rightward tilt. democratic incumbent governor ted strickland trails republican rival and former congressman john kasek in the polls. strickland has the nra endorsement and an a plus rating. >> we are second amendment democrats. >> reporter: president obama's unpopularity is a factor across this premier bellwether swing state where unemployment is 12%. strickland campaigned with zach space, a blah dog who opposed healthcare reform and emphasizes rural values. >> it is all about principle and what you stand for. >> space is on defense against republican state senator bob gibbs who cast him as just another liberal. in lisbon, strickland hooked up with democratic congressman charlie wilson, another so-call

states. vermont, south dakota, ohio, nebraska, iowa, california. you can already vote in those states. 17 more states in the district of columbia will start voting ingoing 19 or 20 miles away from the white house. he's going to help martin o'malley in the state of maryland in a reelection campaign. o'malley leading the polls right now, but across the country the president is trying to help out getting young voters to the democratic base. >> o'malley up against the former governor, bob ehrlich. >> that's right. and most recent polls show o'malley up -- >> i think we just lost the host john king of john king usa. your next political update coming in one hour. for the most updated political news go to cnnpolitics.com. you take just once a month. taken with methotrexate, simponi® helps relieve the pain, stiffness and swelling of r.a. with one dose once a month. visit 4simponi.com to see if you qualify for a full year of cost support. simponi® can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious and sometimes fatal events can occur, such as infections, cancer in children and adults, heart failure, nervous system disorders, liver o

of the nation, 37 states in all have governor races to vote on in just over a week. now, those states are in purple on the map. you'll see here. but the races in california, ohio, texas, florida, and massachusetts, those states in yellow are drawing a lot of attention. now, you're asking why are the governor races in these states in the spotlight? well, in washington, deputy political director paul steinhauser, good to see you again, paul. you've got the answer about this. obviously there's some states that are going to make a difference here. tell us why. >> well, there sure are. there sure are. the battle of congress is getting the whole spotlight why

of-control overspending, overreaching and promised jobs. and since that bill was signed only three states have lost more jobs than ohio has. of competing favorably in a global market in a way that creates jobs right here in ohio. we don't send jobs overseas, we create jobs right here in ohio. you compare that with a stimulus bill that charlie wilson kind worth $2.3 billion that came in the form of manufacturing tax credits, that went to companies in china and korea and spain, where 80% of the green energy projects went to companies overseas. folks, that's the kind of irresponsible leadership that says one thing about being a blue dog conservative down here in the district, and then going to washington and voting with nancy pelosi 98.1% of the time. [applause] with your help next tuesday, we're going to stop this. we're going to stop the madness. [applause] we're going to bring america back to the principles that made us great. ladies and gentlemen, we are so polarized in this country. we're polarized culturally, we're polarized politically, we're polarized economically. we've got to have leadership that says what they mean

most of the rain is in new york state, pennsylvania, and back into ohio.will catch up to us tomorrow or overnight tonight. take a light jacket with you. 50 at the airport. 50 degrees in rock hall and rising sun up and cecil counties. mostly cloudy today. you might get a peak of the sun this afternoon. the clouds will fill back in pretty quickly. high temperatures in the upper 50's and low 60's. we have a chance for a few rain shower is tonight with temperatures dropping back into the 40's. as we head towards the next 24 hours, it will stay the same period a chance for a few rain showers on wednesday. thursday and friday, we jump into the upper 60's. low to mid 70's on friday. i think it will be a nice weekend with temperatures in the low to mid 70's. let's say good morning to sandra shaw. she is downtown at bir fastow -- beer fest. >> it kicks off on thursday. it will be a great weekend. 10 days of everything beer in baltimore. there is the oktoberfest and other festivals. what is the event on thursday backtracked the opening tap ceremony with the pace of

in fact, the state of ohio has just gone after ten companies this year for doing just that, and our ownu to see >> reporter: in lady gaga's video bad romance her wide-eyed look set off a fashion explosion among teens. this youtube instructional video had more than 14 million views showing fans how to mick miami the pop star's style. >> carefully not tugging on your eyes wear the contacts. >> reporter: with halloween around the corner, designer contact lenses make options for your eyes endless. if not used correctly, that cool change of color can be dangerous. laura butler was driving with her 3-year-old in the back seat when she was suddenly blinded. >> it was excruciating pain. she had turned her brown eyes blued with colored contact lenses she just purchased at a novelty store without a prescription. >> it felt like i had been cut with something very sharp. >> reporter: one of the contact lenses sliced laura's cornea causing a viral infection in her left eye. >> the doctor ultimately told me the result of that kind of injury could be permanent vision loss. >> it's more than a piece of

ted gin jr., compare the 49ers raiders rivalry to that of michigan and ohio state. aks of high iii boley of course but both teams insist this is not just another football game. >> i mean they are right down the street, they see us all the time, we see them all the time, we practice against them every training camp, day by day, week by week. >> it's a florida/florida state game for me. it's a florida/miami game. these an intense game for me, it's the battle of the bay. >> just because you don't see it, i feel it. i feel energy right now. i don't know what i might to. >> meanwhile mike singletary has a new dvd out designed to teach viewers how faith can help achieve success and he kicks off tonight's top 5. >> it's all in the eyes. they cannot conceal. they only reveal. they cannot conceal, it's all in the eyes. >> at number 4, ever seen a sideline reporter sandwiched? kansas' big j and wildcat willie, they won the game 59-7. at number 3 the nba, they are gonna have to have stricter rules this year to limit the interaction between the players and refs. kevin garnett co

the ohio statehouse many to win the seats to gain control of the four seats to gain control of the ohio state house. there will be important because you want to have from our perspective if you're going to draw in order to lose two seats to all somebody all of their seats i would rather see dennis kucinich and john boehner out of the seat. so those are very important elections and that is one of the kind of unwritten or underreported stories of the impact and have a big year like we are having in the year that ends in zero because it can result in the cycles -- >> we are out of time. >> the bad news for all of you in this room and i apologize, a week from today the 2012 presidential campaign begins. [laughter] >> i was went after st to briefly indicate 2009. a couple of questions sarah palin running? >> she's opened the door more than i have seen her recently and in the republican primary three estimate does mitch daniels done? >> he has at best forward leaning. he's been a but considering it but i don't know. >> who do you think the republican nominee will be or do you have a hunch? >> i hav

ohio obviously, center of the country, huge swing state in presidential election. e reason that race is closer is ohio voters tend to give their governors two terms. it's just -- ohio, political culture is very hard to get an incumbent out of there. that's what is making kasich's job tougher. >> bret: why so many visits? 2012? >> a combination. they think they have a shot to get that and they are concerned about 2012. i think obama rightly should be concerned about governors because we'll have restrikzing coming up. we haven't talked about the governors but democrats are in bad shape on that. >> bret: quickly, james. >> ohio and pennsylvania have a lot of vulnerability democrats in the house seats. don't forget about that. >> bret: you voted this week in our home page at foxnews.com/specialreport. for our first topic in the friday lightning round. the winner is coming upneck. yuÑp investors are demanding more for their money. good. this time, i'm watching fees like a hawk. i hate hidden fees. why should i have to pay for something that i shouldn't have to pay for? t